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Peer reviewedKessel, Frank S. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1970
This monograph is based on a doctoral thesis submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in August 1969. (MG)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedEmerson, Harriet F.; Gekoski, William L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1980
The comprehension of sentences with "because" or "if" was investigated in children aged 2, 9-11, and 11. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Education
Download full textPowers, James E.; Gowie, Cheryl J. – 1975
This study investigated children's performance with the passive-transformation when both the mode of presentation and the mode of response were verbal. The study was also designed to provide a framework for the examination of theoretical issues regarding strategies in speech perception. Kindergarten and first-grade children individually heard 6…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Elementary School Students, Information Processing
Ammon, Paul R. – 1969
Fifth-grade and college students in two experiments listened to tape-recorded sentences and completed tests of immediate recall. The first experiment investigated the effect of a listener's expectations upon his understanding of a sentence. Sometimes the "most probable" answer was not congruent with the "correct" answer, suggesting that the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, College Students
